Exploring Nature in Illinois by Jeffords, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: A Brief Natural History of Illinois How to Use This Book North

1. Apple River Canyon State Park 2. Ayers Sand Prairie Nature Preserve 3. Bluff Spring Fen Nature Preserve 4. Gensburg–Markham Prairie Nature Preserve 5. Glacial Park Conservation Area 6. Goose Lake Prairie State Park 7. Green River State Wildlife Area 8. Harlem Hills Nature Preserve 9. Illinois Beach State Park 10. Matthiessen State Park 11. Mississippi Palisades State Park 12. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie 13. Moraine Hills State Park 14. Nachusa Grasslands 15. Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve 16. Spring Lake Wildlife Conservation Area 17. Starved Rock State Park 18. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge 19. Volo Bog State Natural Area

Central

20. Emiquon Preserve 21. Forest Park Nature Preserve 22. Funks Grove 23. Kankakee Sands: Pembroke Savanna Nature Preserve & Iroquois County Conservation Area 24. Ballard Nature Center 25. Along the Vermilion and Wabash Rivers

Kickapoo State Park–Middle Fork Woods Nature Preserve Forest Glen Preserve–Forest Glen Seep and Russell M. Duffin Nature Preserves Robeson Hills Nature Preserve Beall Woods State Park and Nature Preserve

26. Lodge County Park 27. Pere Marquette State Park and the Lower Illinois River Valley 28. Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve 29. Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve 30. Prairie Ridge State Natural Area and Illinois Audubon Sanctuaries 31. Robert Allerton Park 32. Mason County Sand Areas

Sand Ridge State Forest and Henry Allan Gleason Nature Preserve Sand Prairie–Scrub Oak Nature Preserve

South

33. Bell Smith Springs Recreational Area 34. Cache River Ecosystem

Henry N. Barkhausen Wetlands Center Heron Pond Nature Preserve Little Black Slough Nature Preserve Lower Cache River Access Area Limekiln Springs Big Tree Access Frank Bellrose Waterfowl Reserve Hickory Bottoms Wildcat Bluff Section 8 Woods Nature Preserve Cave Creek Glade Nature Preserve

35. Cedar Lake 36. Devil's Kitchen Lake–Rocky Bluff Trail 37. Ferne Clyffe State Park 38. Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve 39. Garden of the Gods Recreation Area 40. Giant City State Park–Trillium Trail 41. Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area 42. LaRue–Pine Hills Research Natural Area 43. Little Grand Canyon 44. Mermet Lake Conservation Area 45. Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve 46. Rim Rock/Pounds Hollow 47. Simpson Township Barrens Natural Area 48. Trail of Tears State Forest 49. War Bluff Valley Sanctuary

Epilogue: Your Own Backyard Appendix A: Directions to Sites Appendix B: Natural Divisions of Illinois Index About the Authors

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